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Local States in an Imperial World: Identity, Society and Politics in the Early Modern Deccan by Roy S Fischel
RRP: £25.99£23.58Explores the concept of the non-imperial state, taking a spatial approach to early modern political identitiesFocusing on the Deccan Sultanates of 16th- and 17th-century central India, Local States in an Imperial World promotes the idea that some... -
Empires of Complaints: Mughal Law and the Making of British India, 1765-1793 by Robert Travers
RRP: £75.00£67.74In this deeply researched and revealing account, Robert Travers offers a new view of the transition from Mughal to British rule in India. By focusing on processes of petitioning and judicial inquiry, Travers argues that the East India Company... -
The Secret History of the Jungle Book: How Mowgli could save the world by Swati Singh 9780993523915
RRP: £6.99£6.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993523915Author Swati SinghFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint The Real PressPublisher The Real PressWeight(grams) 127g -
Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947 by Sarah F. D. Ansari 9780521522984
RRP: £39.99£33.26In this book, Dr Sarah Ansari examines the system of political control constructed by the British in Sind between 1843 and 1947. In particular, she explores the part of the local Muslim elite, the pirs or hereditary sufi saints. Using a wealth of... -
Partition: The Long Shadow Urvashi Butalia 9789383074778
RRP: £34.00£28.75The Partition of British India into the nations of India and Pakistan in 1947 and the further redrawing of the borders in 1971 to create Bangladesh were major, wrenching events whose effects are still felt today in the everyday lives of people in all... -
Shi'a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism by Justin Jones 9781107004603
RRP: £59.00£52.89Interest in Shi'a Islam has increased greatly in recent years, although Shi'ism in the Indian subcontinent has remained largely underexplored. Focusing on the influential Shi'a minority of Lucknow and the United Provinces, a region that was largely under... -
Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries by Jagdish Bhagwati
£15.45In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's,... -
Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India by Venkat Dhulipala 9781107052123
RRP: £81.99£74.93This book examines how the idea of Pakistan was articulated and debated in the public sphere and how popular enthusiasm was generated for its successful achievement, especially in the crucial province of UP (now Uttar Pradesh) in the last decade of...